Lunch was had at the family estate, and after finishing, Yueyao headed back with Tingzheng. On the way back, Yueyao saw the lush green rice fields beside the road.
April was the time when the rice shoots were growing vigorously. "Stop the carriage, I want to go down for a closer look," she said. She had seen rice before, but never up close. Perhaps influenced by the book she read, Yueyao observed these common scenes very carefully, fearing she might miss something.
Yueyao looked closely at the shape of the rice plants and took out paper and pen to describe and even sketch their appearance. For Nanny Deng and Hua Lei, such behavior was nothing new.
This was the first time Tingli had encountered such a situation and found it quite novel. "What is third younger sister doing?" He had seen paintings of mountains, beautiful scenes, and flowers, but never of rice grains.
